Goa Will No Longer Hold Sunburn And Other Major Music Festivals On Year End from 2016

Goa is synonymous to music festivals like Sunburn and VH1 Supersonic and garners huge crowd for these events that are held between December and January. But the coming year, these two music festivals would not be held around the same time.

Citing security and tourism concerns, Goa’s Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar asked the organizers to schedule the dates of these events either before December 15 or after January 15. He granted permission for this year’s music festivals but said that the dates should not clash in 2016.

Moreover the government is worried that conducting these events during the peak season of December 15 to January 15 might result in a decrease of high-end tourists due to traffic and overcrowding.

In fact, a State Level Permission Committee that is constituted by the Chief Minister has recommended the state to decide the dates and venues of these music festivals from 2016 onwards. This year these festivals are being held from December 27 to 30th.

So from next year there will not be any Sunburn or VH1 Supersonic on year end. Sad times ahead!